Data Architect/ Data Warehousing Specialist

We are currently recruiting for a Data Architect to join our Digital Consulting Team. As a Data Architect, you will be responsible for designing and visualising data management frameworks describing the processes used to plan, define, acquire, maintain and control data, and providing guidance on data governance, integration, security, master and metadata management, data acquisition and migration, and data quality principles.

As part of our team you will work with our Financial Services clients to create strategic solutions that optimise their digital strategy. Our team works with banks, building societies and other financial organisations to achieve digital transformations in a changing regulatory environment.

We can offer great career progression opportunities, ability to be based anywhere across the UK, benefits which you can flex to meet your needs and training and development opportunities.

You will be translating business requirements into technology requirements and defining data standards and principles. You will also be dealing with technical and non-technical stakeholders from board level down to technical specialists (DBAs, Data Modellers, and Database Developers etc.).

What you will be doing:

• Responsible for the provision of data architecture and design for solutions for Sopra Steria customers ensuring alignment with IT strategy and target architecture for our customers' data platforms.
• Translating business requirements into technical specifications, roadmaps and deliverable data solutions, including data streams, integrations, transformations, databases, data warehouses, and business intelligence, reporting and analytical platforms.
• Defining the data architecture framework, standards and principles, including modelling, metadata, security, reference data such as product codes and client categories, and master data such as clients, vendors, materials, and employees.
• Defining reference architecture, which is a pattern that others can follow to create and improve data systems
• Defining data flows and data lineage, visualising which parts of the organization generate data, which require data to function, how data flows are managed, and how data changes in transition

What you'll bring:

• Demonstrable experience in a Financial Services/Banking environment including; fraud, AML, redress and remediation.
• Proven work experience in data architecture and design.
• Understanding of conventional and emerging data technologies such as relational and NoSQL databases, data warehousing, business intelligence, descriptive and predictive analytics, data visualization, unstructured data and cloud platforms.
• An understanding of regulatory nuances involved with different areas within the financial sector.
• Experience gathering and analysing requirements and turning business problems into data design: designing data architecture by dealing with specific business problems and aligning it to enterprise-wide standards and principles
• Strong data modelling skills with ability to explain the concepts and principles of data modelling, and to produce, maintain and update relevant data models for specific business needs including reverse-engineering data models from a live system
• Strong analytical skills with ability to undertake data profiling and source system analysis, and to present clear insights to support the end use of the data

It would be great if you had:

• Knowledge of the latest data regulation and standards - GDPR, ISO etc.
• Design and development of Single Customer View
• Experience of data virtualization platforms
• AWS Certified Solutions Architect (Associate) and/or Azure Certification

If you are interested in this role but not sure if your skills and experience are exactly what we're looking for, please do apply, we'd love to hear from you!

Employment Type: Full time permanent
Location: UK Mobile
Security Clearance Level: PES4
Internal Recruiter: Annecia
Salary: up to £85,00
Benefits: 25 days annual leave with the option to buy additional days, private medical, life assurance, pension, and generous flexible benefits fund

Although this role is advertised as full-time, we believe that flexibility at work can promote work/life balance, increase your motivation, reduce stress and improve performance and productivity. We support different ways of working and can offer a range of flexible working arrangements. So, if you're interested and need to work flexibly, we encourage you to apply and talk to us about what might be possible.

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Our Specialist Private Sector team are experienced in a range of different markets including Banking, Insurance, Retail, Travel, Transport and Utilities. We help our customers develop, deliver and operationalise their digital transformation strategies. We work in true partnership with our customer, gaining a deep understanding of their business and technology issues.
Our capabilities and credentials across Private Sector markets enable the design, delivery and management of business transformation programmes. We help our clients respond to changing customer demands, keep ahead of the competition, and safeguard their systems from evolving business and technology risks.

We embrace difference as a source of creativity, innovation and competitive advantage and are striving to become a more diverse organisation. We welcome applications from people with a diverse variety of backgrounds and identities. We are committed to equality of opportunity for all and do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, gender, age, disability, sexual orientation or marital status. We have partnered with Vercida , the UK's largest diversity and inclusion focused careers site, where all our vacancies are available in an accessible format.
If you require any adjustments to the recruitment process, to enable you to perform to the best of your ability, please let us know when completing your application. We participate in the Disability Confident scheme and are committed to offering an interview to any candidate with a disability, who meets the minimum criteria for the role. If you believe this could apply to you, please let us know when completing your application.